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 <h2>Creating a Poll</h2>
 <ol>
 <li><a href="#creatingquestions">Creating a Multiple Choice Question</a></li>
 <ul>
    <li><a href="#creatingcustom">Creating a Custom Multiple Choice Question</a></li>
    <li><a href="#creatingranking">Creating a Ranking Multiple Choice Question</a></li>
    <li><a href="#creatingdemographic">Creating a Demographic Multiple Choice Question</a></li>
    <li><a href="#creatingcomparative">Creating a Comparative Multiple Choice Question</a></li>
 </ul>
 <li><a href="#creatingshortquestions">Creating a Short Answer Question</a></li>
 <ul>
     <li><a href="#creatingnumeric">Creating a Numeric Short Answer Question</a></li>
     <li><a href="#creatingalphanumeric">Creating an Alphanumeric Short Answer Question</a></li>
 </ul>  
 
 <li><a href="#creatingtestquestion">Creating a Test Question</a></li>
 <ul>
    <li><a href="#creatinganewtestquestion">Creating a Test Question</a></li>
    <li><a href="#editingatestquestion">Editing a Test Question</a></li>
 </ul>
 
 <li><a href="#customisepoll">Customising a Poll</a></li>
 <ul>
    <li><a href="#definedatetime">Defining a Date/Time Limit on a Poll</a></li>
    <li><a href="#geographiclocation">Setting a Poll's Geographic Location</a></li>
    <li><a href="#fontsettings">Setting a Poll's Font Settings</a></li>
    <li><a href="#resultschart">Setting a Poll's Results Chart</a></li>
    <li><a href="#interactiveobjects">Adding Interactive Objects to a Poll</a></li>
 </ul>
 
 <li><a href="#assigningpollmaster">Assigning a Poll Master to a Poll</a></li>
 <ul>
    <li><a href="#assigningapollmaster">Assigning a Poll Master to a Created Poll</a></li>
    <li><a href="#removingapollmaster">Removing a Poll Master from a Created Poll</a></li>
 </ul>
 
 </ol>
 
    <p id="creatingquestions"><u>Creating a Multiple Choice Question</u>
    
    <p align="center"><img src="../../Resources/Help/PollCreator-QuestionCreation1.png" width="520" height="145"/></p>
    
    <p id="creatingcustom">To create a Custom Multiple Choice Question
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <li>Scroll to the bottom of the list of questions for the poll and click <strong>Create Question</strong></li>
        <li>From the horizontal menu bar, select <strong>Custom</strong></li>
        <li>Type the desired text for the question into the question text area</li>
        <li>Create answers for the question either by</li>
        <ul>
            <li>Using a template for multiple choice answers, by selecting from the templates listed under the <em>Templates</em> heading on the right-hand side of the screen</li>
            <li>Defining your own multiple choice answer options for the question, type the answer text into the option text field and select <strong>Add Option</strong> (maximum of 10 options)</li> 
            <ul>
                <li>Use the right-hand arrow and red X buttons to shift a question up, and delete a question, respectively</li>
                <li>To make an answer a correct answer for the question, tick the <em>Correct</em> checkbox</li>
                <li>To change the point value of an answer, type the new point value in the <em>Points</em> field of the answer</li>
            </ul>
            <p align="center"><img src="../../Resources/Help/PollCreator-QuestionCreation.png" width="430" height="300"/></p>
        </ul>
        <li>Optionally define Question Objects, Result Chart style, and Font Settings for the question</li>
        <li>Once you are finished, click <strong>Save</strong> to save the question</li>
    </ol>
    </p>
    
    <p id="creatingranking">To create a Ranking Multiple Choice Question
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <li>Scroll to the bottom of the list of questions for the poll and click <strong>Create Question</strong></li>
        <li>From the horizontal menu bar, select <strong>Ranking</strong></li>
        <li>Type the desired text for the question into the question text area</li>
        <li>Create answers for the question either by</li>
        <ul>
            <li>Using a template for multiple choice answers, by selecting from the templates listed under the <em>Templates</em> heading on the right-hand side of the screen</li>
            <li>Defining your own multiple choice answer options for the question, type the answer text into the option text field and select <strong>Add Option</strong> (maximum of 10 options)</li>   
            <ul>
                <li>Use the right-hand arrow and red X buttons to shift a question up, and delete a question, respectively</li>
                <li>To make an answer a correct answer for the question, tick the <em>Correct</em> checkbox</li>
                <li>To change the point value of an answer, type the new point value in the <em>Points</em> field of the answer</li>
            </ul>
        </ul>
        <li>Locate the <em>Rank Values</em> heading on the right-hand side of the screen and define possible rank values for users to associate with question options (weighted from 1 to 100)</li>
        <p align="center"><img src="../../Resources/Help/PollCreator-RankValues.png"/></p>
        <li>Optionally define Question Objects, Result Chart style, and Font Settings for the question</li>
        <li>Once you are finished, click <strong>Save</strong> to save the question</li>
    </ol>
    </p>
   
    <p id="creatingdemographic">To create a Demographic Multiple Choice Question
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <li>Scroll to the bottom of the list of questions for the poll and click <strong>Create Question</strong></li>
        <li>From the horizontal menu bar, select <strong>Demographic</strong></li>
        <li>Type the desired text for the question into the question text area</li>
        <li>Create answers for the question either by</li>
        <ul>
            <li>Using a template for multiple choice answers, by selecting from the templates listed under the <em>Templates</em> heading on the right-hand side of the screen</li>
            <li>Defining your own multiple choice answer options for the question, type the answer text into the option text field and select <strong>Add Option</strong> (maximum of 10 options)</li>   
            <ul>
                <li>Use the right-hand arrow and red X buttons to shift a question up, and delete a question, respectively</li>
            </ul>
        </ul>
        <li>Under the Participant Fields heading on the right-hand side of the screen, select the appropriate participant field for the question</li>
        <li>Optionally define Question Objects, Result Chart style, and Font Settings for the question</li>
        <li>Once you are finished, click <strong>Save</strong> to save the question</li>
    </ol>
    </p>
    
    <p id="creatingcomparative">To create a Comparative Multiple Choice Question
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <li>Scroll to the bottom of the list of questions for the poll and click <strong>Create Question</strong></li>
        <li>From the horizontal menu bar, select <strong>Custom</strong></li>
        <li>Type the desired text for the question into the question text area. 5. Note that this must match the text of the question with which you wish to perform comparison</li>
        <li>Create answers for the question either by</li>
        <ul>
            <li>Using a template for multiple choice answers, by selecting from the templates listed under the <em>Templates</em> heading on the right-hand side of the screen</li>
            <li>Defining your own multiple choice answer options for the question, type the answer text into the option text field and select <strong>Add Option</strong> (maximum of 10 options)</li> 
            <ul>
                <li>Use the right-hand arrow and red X buttons to shift a question up, and delete a question, respectively</li>
                <li>To make an answer a correct answer for the question, tick the <em>Correct</em> checkbox</li>
                <li>To change the point value of an answer, type the new point value in the <em>Points</em> field of the answer</li>
            </ul>
        </ul>
        <li>Optionally define Question Objects, Result Chart style, and Font Settings for the question</li>
        <li>Click <strong>Save</strong> to save the question</li>
        <li>Locate the bottom panel for setting a previous question for comparison and click <strong>Search</strong></li>
        <p align="center"><img src="../../Resources/Help/PollCreator-ComparativeQuestion.png"/></p>
        <li>Locate the desired Comparison Question in the generated list and click <strong>Select</strong></li>
        <ul>
            <li>To display a comparison chart for the two questions, tick the <em>Display Chart</em> checkbox in the Comparative Question panel and click <strong>Save</strong></li>
            <li>To remove the comparative question, click <strong>Clear</strong></li>
        </ul>    
        <p align="center"><img src="../../Resources/Help/PollCreator-ComparativeQuestion2.png"/ height="130" width="557"></p>
    </ol>
    </p>
   
   </p>
   
   <p id="creatingshortquestion"><u>Creating a Short Answer Question</u>

   <p id="creatingnumeric">To create a Numeric Short Answer Question
   <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <li>Scroll to the bottom of the list of questions for the poll and click <strong>Create Question</strong></li>
        <li>From the horizontal menu bar, select <strong>Numeric</strong></li>
        <li>Type the desired text for the question into the question text area</li>
        <li>Define the range of your short answer answer using the <em>Greater than</em> and <em>Less than</em> text fields provided or specify a single value answer in the <em>Single</em> value text field</li>
        <p align="center"><img src="../../Resources/Help/PollCreator-NumericQuestion.png" width="430" height="300"/></p>
        <li>Optionally define Question Objects, Result Chart style, and Font Settings for the question</li>
        <li>Once you are finished, click <strong>Save</strong> to save the question</li>
    </ol>
    </p>
    
    <p id="creatingalphanumeric">To create an Alphanumeric Short Answer Question
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <li>Scroll to the bottom of the list of questions for the poll and click <strong>Create Question</strong></li>
        <li>From the horizontal menu bar, select <strong>Custom</strong></li>
        <li>Type the desired text for the question into the question text area</li>
        <li>Optionally, define up to five answer keys for the question using the text field provided</li>  
        <ul>
            <li>Save an answer key by clicking <strong>Add Answer</strong></li>
            <li>Delete an answer key by clicking on the red X</li>
        </ul>
        <p align="center"><img src="../../Resources/Help/PollCreator-AlphanumericQuestion.png" width="430" height="300"/></p>
        <li>Optionally define Question Objects, Result Chart style, and Font Settings for the question</li>
        <li>Once you are finished, click <strong>Save</strong> to save the question</li>
    </ol>
    </p>
    
    </p>
    
    <p id="creatingtestquestion"><u>Creating a Test Question</u>
            <p id="creatinganewtestquestion">To create a test question for a poll before it has begun
            <ol>
                <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
                <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
                <li>Under the <em>Test Questions</em> heading, select <strong>Create Question</strong></li>
                <li>Create the <em>Test Question</em> as a standard Custom Multiple Choice Question and click <strong>Save</strong></li>
                <li>The test question will now be shown at the beginning of the poll when it is run, and its results will not be counted in the poll results</li>
            </ol>
            </p>
        
            <p id="editingatestquestion">To edit a test question for a poll before it has begun
            <ol>
                <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
                <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
                <li>Locate the question in the generated table under the <em>Test Questions</em> heading and click on the question</li>
                <li>Make your desired changes in the Question Editing screen as with a standard Custom Multiple Choice Question</li>
                <li>Once you have finished, click <strong>Save</strong> to save your changes</li>
            </ol>
            </p>
        
        </p> 
    </p>
    
    <p id="customisepoll"><u>Customising a Poll</u>
    
    <p id="definedatetime">To define a date/time limit on a poll
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <li>Locate the <em>Poll Close</em> text field on the right-hand side of the screen</li>
        <li>Modify the text field to contain the desired poll close date/time and select <strong>Save</strong></li>
    </ol>
    </p>
    
    <p id="geographiclocation">To set a poll's geographical location
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <li>On the right-hand side of the screen, change the poll location either by:</li>
        <ul>
            <li>Clicking and dragging the location marker to the desired poll location on the map</li>
            <li>Manually, clicking <strong>Set Location</strong>, entering a latitude and longitude, and clicking <strong>OK</strong></li>
        </ul>
        <li>Click <strong>Save Poll</strong></li>
        <p align="center"><img src="../../Resources/Help/PollMaster-PollLocation.png" /></p>            
    </ol>
    </p>
     
    <p id="fontsettings">To set the font settings for poll
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <ul>
            <li>To change the default font settings for future poll questions, make the desired modifications to the poll's font, font size, and font colour  under the relevant <em>Font Settings</em> heading
            <li>To change the font settings for an individual question in the poll, locate and click on the question in the generated <em>Questions</em> table, before making the desired modifications to the poll's font, font size, and font colour  under the relevant <em>Font Settings</em> heading</li>
        </ul>    
        <li>Click <strong>Save Poll</strong> or <strong>Save</strong></li>         
    </ol>
    </p>
        
    <p id="resultschart">To set the results chart for a poll
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <ul>
            <li>To change the default display of graphical reports for future poll questions, make the desired modifications to the poll's results chart's type, value, and colours under the relevant <em>Results Chart</em> heading</li>
            <li>To change the display of graphical reports for an individual question in the poll, locate and click on the question in the generated <em>Questions</em> table, before making the desired modifications to the question's results chart's type, value, and colours under the relevant <em>Results Chart</em> heading</li>
        </ul>
        <li>Click <strong>Save Poll</strong> or <strong>Save</strong></li>         
    </ol>
    </p>
     
    <p id="interactiveobjects">To add Interactive Objects (Countdown Timer, Response Counter, Correct Answer Indicator, or Response Grid) to a poll
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <ul>
            <li>To set default Interactive Objects for future poll questions, make the desired modifications to the poll under the relevant <em>Question Objects</em> heading
            <li>To set Interactive Objects for an individual question in the poll, locate and click on the question in the generated <em>Questions</em> table, before making the desired modifications to the question under the relevant <em>Question Objects</em> heading
        </ul>
        <p align="center"><img src="../../Resources/Help/PollMaster-ResponseCounterandGrid.png"/></p> 
        <li>To add a Countdown Timer to a poll, tick the <em>Countdown Timer</em> checkbox and enter a numeric value in the textbox provided</li>
        <li>To add a Response Counter to a question, tick the <em>Response Counter</em> checkbox</li>
        <li>To add a Correct Answer Indicator to a question, tick the <em>Correct Answer Indicator</em> checkbox</li>
        <li>To add a Response Grid to a poll, tick the <em>Response Grid</em> checkbox and use the drop-down box to opt to display either participants' names or their keypad IDs</li>         
        <li>Click <strong>Save Poll</strong> or <strong>Save</strong></li>         
    </ol>
    </p>
    
    </p>
    
    <p id="assigningpollmaster"><u>Assigning a Poll Master to a Poll</u>
    
    <p id="assigningapollmaster">To assign a poll master to a created poll
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <li>Under the <em>Masters</em> heading click <strong>Add Master</strong></li>
        <li>Locate the Poll Master in the generated list and click <strong>Add</strong> to assign them to the poll</li>
        
       <p align="center"><img src="../../Resources/Help/PollCreator-AssignPolltoMaster2.png"/ height="165" width="530"></p>
    
    </ol>
    </p>
   
    <p id="removingapollmaster">To remove a poll master from a created poll
    <ol>
        <li>Click on the <strong>Polls</strong> tab in the top right-hand corner of the screen</li>
        <li>Locate the poll in the generated table of polls and click on the poll name</li>
        <li>Locate the Poll Master under the <em>Masters</em> heading and click <strong>Remove</strong></li>        
    </ol>
    </p>
    
    </p>
    
    
    
    


